In 2024, is letting a cashier 'keep the change' (coins) perceived to be disrespectful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like service workers are pissed off even after I tap 20%. They are all pretty angry and probably a little humiliated if they’re not teenagers. Can’t really blame them. Service industry is a crummy dead-end job.

They should have made better choices in life, worked harder in school, etc.

Did you know in California fast food workers minimum wage is now $20/hour. Hell no, I don't tip cashiers.

Spoiled, closeted, and ignorant people like you need to shut up with this line. It’s lovely YOU had choices. Not everyone does, or support, or the resources, or whatever.

You’re so special with your $6 coffee, surely helping a human is worth a buck?

[Anonymous]

That's frowned upon so leave NOTHING. Dig your change back out op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before covid, it was not disrespectful and actually pretty common to throw your change into the tip jar. (Keep in mind that 50 cents is a 10% tip on a $5 coffee.)

After covid, it seems that it is indeed disrespectful. Now you should tip at least 20% on all counter service orders. Well, except at McDonald's -- we don't tip those employees, for some reason. Or at the Wegman's sandwich counter -- we don't tip them either. But the teenagers at the cash register at Sweet Frog? Yep, they most certainly deserve 20%!

Is it just my imagination or has the drip coffee everywhere after Covid also become crappy? Stale, sour, muddy, watery, grounds in the bottom, and/or not hot. It's never good anymore! So not only it is now crap coffee, it's also now $5, and you're also expected to tip a buck on top of it to an apathetic cashier who poured it? No, just no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before covid, it was not disrespectful and actually pretty common to throw your change into the tip jar. (Keep in mind that 50 cents is a 10% tip on a $5 coffee.)

After covid, it seems that it is indeed disrespectful. Now you should tip at least 20% on all counter service orders. Well, except at McDonald's -- we don't tip those employees, for some reason. Or at the Wegman's sandwich counter -- we don't tip them either. But the teenagers at the cash register at Sweet Frog? Yep, they most certainly deserve 20%!

Is it just my imagination or has the drip coffee everywhere after Covid also become crappy? Stale, sour, muddy, watery, grounds in the bottom, and/or not hot. It's never good anymore! So not only it is now crap coffee, it's also now $5, and you're also expected to tip a buck on top of it to an apathetic cashier who poured it? No, just no.

Is it just my imagination or are people now able to make their own coffee at home, to their own desired preferences and specifications, and never have to leave the house to judge other people at all?